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The Friends'
postal address, telephone numbers and the email addresses of the
Secretary, the Treasurer and our Publicity Officers are all shown
at the foot of each page.

Friends of
Bristol Eye Hospital improve care and
treatment for patients by helping to pay for medical equipment,
patient comforts and staff resources which would not otherwise be
provided. Treatment for all patients has been greatly
enhanced by our supporters.

In Sight
2017 was published on 9
May and is available on our download page. Members have
received a copy by post or email, and copies are
also available in the hospital reception
areas.

So far this
year, the Friends have paid for the followinggrantsfor the
hospital:

£2,008 for
a Motorised Wheelchair to transport patients more
easily and safely between BEH and the BRI

£1,820
worth of training equipment for the Eye Clinic Liaison
team and volunteers from the RNIB to show visually
impaired or blind patients what is available to help them live
safely and independently

None of
these would have been possible wthout the generous support of our
members and donors. Many thanks to all of you and those who
bought our Christmas Cards in 2017.

Henleaze
Garden Club brightens Patients' Garden

St Odilia’s
Garden, the courtyard garden for patients situated in the reception
area of the Eye Hospital, has a beautiful newly planted pot thanks
to the work done by members of the Henleaze Garden Club.

The Friends asked
the Garden Club whether they would like to design and plant a pot
for the garden and were delighted when the Club’s Chairman, Andy
Harrison, agreed.

Andy delivered
the pot at the end of May and it was quickly receiving admiring
comments - a beautiful mixture of diasca, agaranthus, cosmos,
pelargoniums and calabrachoa.

In addition, when
the Andy heard that we were planning to completely replant the
central bed of the garden – around the statue of St Odilia – he
immediately offered to clear and replant it for us. This
was completed in no time at all and it is now bedding down nicely
with a lovely mixture of aromatic and colourful plants; the bed is
already looking lovely and will be a delight when it is fully
mature.

The Friends are
delighted with the results and are very grateful to the Garden
Club, and particularly Andy and his family, for their generosity
and hard work, which we are sure will bring much pleasure to the
patients and staff at the hospital.

An Evening
of Magic inButcombe
Village Hall at 7pm on on Friday 23
March 2018in aid
ofFriends of Bristol Eye
Hospital

NOW SOLD
OUT

Stephen
Wells, a member of the Magic Circle, will delight and amaze his
audience with magical skills. Delicious supper with a choice
of pies) from The Unusual Pie Company and scumptious desserts, a
licensed bar and raffle.

Tickets
(which are selling like hot pies) are £18 for adults and £10 for
children and can be obtained from Simon St Leger-Harris on 01761
463427 ortreasurer@fbeh.org.